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Famous l.n.e.r. locomotive becomes screen star.

In addition to its arduous duties in hauling 500-ton trains over the East Coast Route, the famous L.N.E. streamlined locomotive No. 2001 “Cock o’ the North” is finding time to “feature” in a new Butcher-Panther film now in course of production. This picture is being made under the joint direction of Mr. Oswald Mitchell and Mr. Challis Sanderson, who were responsible for the highly popular “Danny Boy” a year ago, and the film now in the making promises to capture the imagination of the public to an even higher degree than its predecessor. Its title will be that of the locomotive “Cock o’ the North,” and its story has been woven around the family life of an engine-driver and some of his work-mates, in whose destinies this famous greyhound of the steel track plays a dramatic part. Amongst the human film stars appearing in this production are Miss Marie Lohr, who will take the part of the engine-driver's wife, George Carney as the engine-driver himself, with Johnny Scholfield as his fireman. At present Mr. Carney is undergoing a strenuous course of instruction in his duties as an engine-driver, at the hands of Mr. Ben Glasgow, a retired L.N.E.R. engine-driver who for many years was responsible for working the Flying Scotsman between London and Edinburgh. Mr. Glasgow regards Mr. Carney as an apt pupil. Ronnie Hepworth who made a name for himself in the title role of the film “Danny Boy,” will appear as the engine-driver's son, and Frederick Peisley and the rising young actress Miss Eve Lister will have the parts of the young couple around whose infatuation for each other, so much of the plot revolves. Variety is to be added by the inclusion of parts to be played by Horace Kenney, Naughton and Gold, the crazy artists from the Palladium, and Leslie Hutchinson (Hutch.) who will figure in one of the smartest road-house sets ever shown on the screen. Mention must also be made of Mrs. Simone Rogers, the original Madameoiselle from Armentieres, who will take a prominent part in the final acts of the story.

It will thus be seen that the story of the film will cover a wide field and a popular one, and it will provide the public at the same time with some unusual views of the “Cock o’ the North” locomotive and its footplate.